YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – A Native American tribe that was displaced 175 years ago when Yosemite National Park was created is getting 900 acres of their land returned to them.
The 1.4 square mile land transfer to the South Sierra Miwuk Nation comes from the Pacific Forest Trust.
“Having this significant piece of our ancestral Yosemite land back will bring our community together to celebrate tradition and provide a healing place for our children and grandchildren,” Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation’s Tribal Council Chair and elder Sandra Chapman said. “It will be a sanctuary for our people.”
“The transfer will enable the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation to restore biodiversity and climate resilience using traditional ecological practices such as cultural fire, cultivation of native plants, forest restoration, and protection of water quality,” the Pacific Forest Trust stated in a press release.
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